New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals, Translations, and Abridgements, Volume 2Sir Richard Phillips, 1819 - Voyages and travels |
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... miles nearer to Mosambique . From the few slight notices we have been able to procure at this place it is said , on the authority of some natives , to arise from an inland lake situated between seven and eight hundred miles from the sea ...
... miles nearer to Mosambique . From the few slight notices we have been able to procure at this place it is said , on the authority of some natives , to arise from an inland lake situated between seven and eight hundred miles from the sea ...
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... miles out to sea , just the breadth of the river ; and this forms a striking object . We were , according to our reckoning , some few miles to windward of Surinam ; but as we could not see the river , nor ascertain , by the coast ...
... miles out to sea , just the breadth of the river ; and this forms a striking object . We were , according to our reckoning , some few miles to windward of Surinam ; but as we could not see the river , nor ascertain , by the coast ...
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... miles . July 8th . - This morning , at day - light , we found the ship about half a mile to windward of the place from which she started . This was discouraging ; but we discovered that we had stood too far off shore , and , instead of ...
... miles . July 8th . - This morning , at day - light , we found the ship about half a mile to windward of the place from which she started . This was discouraging ; but we discovered that we had stood too far off shore , and , instead of ...
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taining a particular Account of the Icebergs and other Phenomena which | |
Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Henderick Portenger | 1 |
Travels of M Burckhardt in Egypt and Nubia | 1 |
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